This Easy Smoked Salmon Pasta recipe is a favourite mid week dinner. Combining smoked salmon with spring onions, garlic, garden peas and wine for acidity, finishing the creamy sauce with crème fraiche.
Place the pasta of choice in a pan of salted boiling water and cook, as per packet instructions, to al-dente. Drain the pasta, retaining a cup of the pasta cooking water for later.
Meanwhile, over a medium heat, melt the butter in a large frying pan and add the spring onions and garlic, sauté gently for a minute.
Now add the white wine to the pan. Increase the heat and reduce the wine by two-thirds this will take around 5 minutes. After 2 minutes add the garden peas.
Add the smoked salmon to the pan and gently stir through the sauce for a minute.
Now add the crème fraiche to the pan, stir to combine before adding the cooked pasta to the pan.
If the sauce is too thick add a little of the pasta cooking liquid. The starchy pasta water emulsifies the sauce and helps it adhere to the pasta.
Taste the sauce and season with salt and pepper. Serve immediately.
Notes
You can substitute the crème fraiche with either sour cream, double or single cream if that is all you have that to hand.Serve a wedge of lemon on the side of the bowl for those diners who would enjoy adding a fresh squeeze of lemon.
Nutrition Facts
Smoked Salmon Pasta
Amount Per Serving
Calories 570Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Fat 19g29%
Saturated Fat 11g69%
Trans Fat 0.2g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 510mg22%
Potassium 427mg12%
Carbohydrates 67g22%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 7g8%
Protein 23g46%
Vitamin A 605IU12%
Vitamin C 18mg22%
Calcium 49mg5%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only •